Tomorrow is our last day of this session in The Kitchen. It is quite clear to me.... that "getting rid of stuff" is the best thing we can do! It makes it so much easier to work; to clean; and to think -- when we are not just pushing away "stuff"!!
Use any incentive you can muster up! Just keep getting rid of stuff!
Of course... we DO have to keep bringing things in, too! (Yesterday I bought Listerine, a bag of delicious Basmanti brown rice, and three pairs of shoes -- for the wedding, the brunch, and gardening -- from Payless. (Buy one, get the rest half off - and their prices are low to begin with!)
I was in a rush, yesterday, to pick up the grandsons. So.... I came in from shopping and dropped my bags on the kitchen floor, checked phone messages, and ran off again.
When I got home later that evening, I looked at the bags on the (clean) kitchen floor and thought -- "Hum. Shop and Drop."
In case you don't know...... clutter experts describe this kind of behavior as "Shop and Drop." A person goes out shopping, brings the bags home, and just drops them somewhere. And - too often -- forgets about them -- so they become clutter!!!
Now... in this case.... that is NOT going to happen! We are out of brown rice, and eat it frequently! Both dh and I use the Listerine daily, and we are also out of that! AND... I need decent shoes for the wedding events.... and for the muddy gardening! But, I do have to admit that there have been plenty of times of "Shop and Drop" behavior in the past! BAD behavior! Not BAD person! BAD behavior!!!!